When the diet drug Meridia was approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than a decade ago, the American Heart Association was quick to urge caution, stressing that the medication—which works ...
CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories said Friday it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia, less than a month after it failed to win over a safety advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...
LOS ANGELES - The prescription diet drug sibutramine, sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients, the ...
A consumer watchdog group has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the prescription diet drug sibutramine. Public Citizen says the drug, sold as Meridia, is associated with 29 deaths, ...